The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a mandatory recall on a list of kratom-containing food products manufactured by Las Vegas company Triangle Pharmanaturals LLC.
Jessie Bekker
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Jessie Bekker joined the Review-Journal in 2017 after graduating from the University of Minnesota. A Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, she left the snowy Midwest for the desert heat to cover health.
Pollen is in the air in Las Vegas — and that means allergy season is in full swing.
Nevada governor candidate Chris Giunchigliani appeared to dismiss the growing opioid epidemic at a campaign event this year.
University Medical Center – the only Clark County hospital with a Level 1 trauma center – failed to follow county procedure the night of Oct. 1 when it called an “internal disaster” alert during a mass casualty incident.
New Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report says state’s amphetamine death rate could soon eclipse its prescription opioid death rate if current trends continue.
A psychologist and firefighter who survived 9/11 will lead free programs this week on fostering emotional well-being, aimed at helping survivors and others affected by the Oct. 1 shooting in Las Vegas.
State will be home to 64,000 people with the disease in 2025, an increase of more than 42 percent over the current total of 45,000, according to a new report from the Alzheimer’s Association.
Henderson oncologist Dr. Mary Ann Allison is preparing to put her long days caring for patients behind her, but before she does she has a few choice words about the growing demands on doctors.
Disappointment that the video didn’t reveal anything unusual about Stephen Paddock was but one response to the release of surveillance video from the Mandalay Bay in the weeks before the Oct. 1 shooting.
Chris Singer approaches patients and their families sitting in a doctor’s waiting room with a smile every time.
Clark County’s health outcomes — based on residents’ longevity and how healthy they feel — fell to 10th among Nevada counties, down from sixth over the past three years, according to the 2018 County Health Rankings report.
Hunter, a prominent Las Vegas clinical psychologist and gambling counselor, died Friday at 62 of congestive heart failure.
Animal rights group puts up money for identification of “dangerous person” responsible for the deaths of about 50 domesticated rabbits outside a state mental health facility in Las Vegas.
Jeremy Renbarger, 26, went into cardiac arrest twice and doctors said he would likely spend the rest of his days in a vegetative state. Two weeks later, he walked out of the hospital.
Overall opioid-related overdose deaths have decreased slightly in Nevada since 2010, but data presented Thursday show that heroin and synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, are responsible for a sharply higher share of the deaths.